Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume 5H.G. Bohn, 1858 |
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... whole are perhaps of greater importance than copiousness of detail . This mode of treating the subject becomes the more desirable because , in the Book of Nature , the generalization of views , both in reference to the objectivity of ...
... whole are perhaps of greater importance than copiousness of detail . This mode of treating the subject becomes the more desirable because , in the Book of Nature , the generalization of views , both in reference to the objectivity of ...
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... whole of the organic world , and of many inorganic substances - amid the meta- morphosis of matter which exhibits an ever - active appear- ance of creation and annihilation , the human mind , ever striving to grasp at order , often ...
... whole of the organic world , and of many inorganic substances - amid the meta- morphosis of matter which exhibits an ever - active appear- ance of creation and annihilation , the human mind , ever striving to grasp at order , often ...
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... whole northern quadrant , but when separated into two halves , they yield a still more varying result , giving from the equator to 45 ° , and from 45 ° to the pole.20 It has been shown 19 Biot and Arago , Recueil d'Observ . Géodesiques ...
... whole northern quadrant , but when separated into two halves , they yield a still more varying result , giving from the equator to 45 ° , and from 45 ° to the pole.20 It has been shown 19 Biot and Arago , Recueil d'Observ . Géodesiques ...
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... whole earth is spherical , although not like a sphere that has been made by a turning - lathe ( an expression that is borrowed from Herodotus , iv . 36 ) , and exhibits many deviations from this form , he adduces numerous modifications ...
... whole earth is spherical , although not like a sphere that has been made by a turning - lathe ( an expression that is borrowed from Herodotus , iv . 36 ) , and exhibits many deviations from this form , he adduces numerous modifications ...
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... whole , round which they group themselves , the less dense element ( water ) containing the denser ( earth ) . " ( Strabo , xvii , p . 809 ) . Wherever we find the figure of the earth described by the Greeks , it is compared ( Cleom ...
... whole , round which they group themselves , the less dense element ( water ) containing the denser ( earth ) . " ( Strabo , xvii , p . 809 ) . Wherever we find the figure of the earth described by the Greeks , it is compared ( Cleom ...
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